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Head of School Vinny Dotoli and trustees with the Class of 2016 at their graduation in June. 2
H A R L E M AC A D E M Y
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From the Head of School Fourteen years ago, a group gathered to try a crazy idea. We were from different walks of life – educators, business people, philanthropists, parents, and community leaders. But we all understood the same problem, and we all imagined we just might be able to solve it. Bright students from low-income communities were slipping through the cracks of an education system focused on the extreme ends of the achievement spectrum. In New York City we have programs for students already testing in the 99th percentile, or students who are failing. So what happens to promising low-income kids without the resources to reach their potential? By the time college rolls around, only 14% of the students at the top 160 colleges come from the bottom half of the income distribution. This is where Harlem Academy has stepped in. We are raising the ceiling for promising, low-income children. We give them the preparation they need to compete at the best schools in the nation. Now they are conquering college, too. Our entire first graduating class finished high school in four years, and 92% are already enrolled in four-year colleges. They, and all of the alumni coming up behind them are the proof – the dream wasn’t so crazy. I am proud to share this annual report with you, including information about who we serve and the impact that we have on our students. As always, I welcome your questions and comments. Please feel free to email me at vdotoli@harlemacademy.org.
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Who We Serve Harlem Academy draws most of its students from low-income communities where children are 30 times less likely to get into citywide gifted programs than their high-income peers. Median household income $8K
$120K+
Only 0.2%
acc e ss to cit y wi d e g i f te d p r o g r a m s fo r s t u d e nt s f r o m th e s e n e i g h b o r h o o ds
Sources: US Census, Median household income, 2011-2015 NYC Department of Education, 2016-17
At Harlem Academy, no qualified applicants are turned away due to inability to pay tuition. Th e m e d i a n h o u s e h o l d i n co m e fo r i n co m i n g H a r l e m Ac a d e m y fa m i l i e s was
$29,899
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98%
of students need financial a i d fo r m o s t o f their tuition .
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Realizing Potential We started the school year with 50% of students scoring in the top two deciles and ended with 72% of students in the top two deciles.
+11
Percentile Points
+4
Gain by incoming students on standardized tests in their first year
Additional gain for returning students in each subsequent year
Percentile Points
Overall growth for the graduating class during their full tenure at Harlem Academy was 24 percentile points. Class of 2016 Standardized Test Growth
+24 points
63
87
Entry Percentile
8th Grade Percentile 5
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Where Are Alumni Now? Secondary School Placements Include: Independent Day
Independent Boarding
Brooklyn Friends
Bard
Chapin
Church Farm (2)
Friends Seminary
Hotchkiss
Grace Church (2)
Kiski
Marymount
Lawrenceville
Professional Children’s
Northfield Mt. Hermon
Riverdale Country (4)
Peddie (5)
Spence
Purnell
Trevor Day
Putney
United Nations Int’l (2)
Rabun Gap
York Preparatory
Stony Brook (3)
Catholic
Public
All Hallows (2)
American Studies at Lehman
Aquinas
Arts & Craftsmanship
Bishop Loughlin Cardinal Hayes (2) Cristo Rey
Central Islip Humanities Prep Lower Manhattan Arts (2)
Dominican Iona Prep St. Jean Baptiste (4) St. Vincent
Manhattan Ctr. for Sci. & Math (2) Manhattan Village Software Engineering Special Music School
Westover
( ) Indicates total students enrolled if more than one.
SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACEMENT
9%
$42,713 Av e r ag e a n n ua l s c h o l a r sh i p e a r n e d by H a r l e m Ac a d e m y g r a d uat e s at i n d e p e n d e n t s c h o o l s
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Other
31%
Selective Catholic & Public
60%
Independent Day & Boarding
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100%
vs.
56%
100% of students in our first graduating class (2012) achieved ontime graduation from high school vs. 56% of their peers in Harlem, the Bronx, and Washington Heights.
92% 92% of students in this first graduating class are already enrolled in fouryear colleges.
Eighth grader Malik Figaro ’16 was recognized with honorable mention in the DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition for his research paper on GMOs, placing him in the top 1% of the pool of 9,000 competitors. 7
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Partnering With Families
E ve ry fam i ly
contributes something to attend. Tuition is set on a sliding scale so no qualified child is turned away.
“
Making the choice for my daughter to attend HA has been the most rewarding change in our life. We will forever be grateful for the wonderful experiences that she would have never experienced in public school. Thank you, thank you, thank you!� Eighth-Grade Parent
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96%
100%
Attendance Rate which is 60% fewer absences than in local schools.
of families attend parent/teacher conferences twice a year.
H A R L E M AC A D E M Y
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Parents organize, cook, and serve a Thanksgiving feast every year for the entire school community. Parent volunteers managed 5 major school events, participated in admissions sessions for new families, and contributed in numerous ways to the life of the school. 9
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2015-16 Financial Performance Board Chair Introduction I am very pleased with Harlem Academy's financial results and stewardship of donors gifts. Once again we exceeded our projections and also raised over $1 million in net proceeds from our Spring Benefit. In addition, we received the highest possible ranking as a “Platinum Charity” from Guidestar. Thank you for your support and confidence in what we do.
David B. Peterson Chairman, Board of Trustees
ASSETS ASSETS
2015-16 TOTAL
2014-15 TOTAL
$1,270,789
$933,033
8,564,122
10,359,947
286,584
222,254
10,926,456
10,275,065
$21,047,951
$21,790,299
2015-16 TOTAL
2014-15 TOTAL
$178,385
$145,322
54,690
47,567
3,108,848
4,463,848
Unrestricted
9,282,469
6,985,954
Temporarily Restricted
8,283,969
10,058,518
139,590
89,090
$21,047,951
$21,790,299
Cash and Cash Equivalents Receivables and Long-Term Pledges Other Assets Property and Equipment TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Deferred Tuition Loan Payable NET ASSETS
Permanently Restricted TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
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Statement of Activities $447,159
E X PEN S E S $298,926
Program Services
Management
$3,404,351
Fundraising
$2,658,266
$388,542
$85,700
A NNUA L OPER ATION S INCOME
$3,629,866
Annual Fund Support*
Program Revenue
Public Funding *Includes unrestricted new gifts and this year's portion of previously committed multi-year gifts. $3,155,624
$85,700 $389,088
TOTA L NE W INCOME $858,697 $2,292,557 $3,976,817
Annual Fund Support
Commitments Toward Permanent Campus
Program Revenue
Public Funding
$2,643,332
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Thank You Ca p i ta l Ca m pa i g n
A n n ua l F u n d G i f t s
Harlem Academy extends tremendous gratitude toward the donors listed here for making possible the first steps toward a permanent home and the establishment of an endowment. The commitment and leadership they have shown help ensure the future of Harlem Academy and strengthen our ability to make a difference in the lives of our students and community.
$ 1 0 0 k+
The Allen Family Foundation Anonymous (2) Tony and Regan Asnes Ms. Pam Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook Mr. Robert Deutsch Friends of Bray Family Academy Mary Ganzenmuller and the AK Starr Charitable Trust Ms. Valarie Hing and Mr. Ari Raisa Mr. Perry Jacobson Mark and Sarah Johnston Mr. Jeffrey Kilimnick
Anonymous Credit Suisse Americas Foundation Dale and Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Mr. David B. Peterson The New York Community Trust-The Joan Ganz Cooney and Holly Peterson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps Robert and Laura Sillerman $50,000 -$99,999 Altman Foundation Arcadia Charitable Trust Fairfield County’s Community Foundation–Donor Advised Fund Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Giscombe Ann and Cameron MacRae Cat MacRae Fund Tsunami Foundation–Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. and Family
Mr. Jeremy Raccio and Ms. Sadia Halim Tom and Sera Reycraft Richard Salomon Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Schaps Zach and Lori Schreiber Eric and Erica Schwartz Serenbetz Family Foundation Inc. Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation Hillary and Brett Thomas $10,000 -$19,999 Mr. Jay D. Bargmann and Ms. Cindy Potash BDO USA, LLP Mr. Jesse Itzler and Ms. Sara Blakely Mrs. Marie Bosarge Con Edison Deutsche Bank Trust Company NY Falconhead Foundation J. Christopher Flowers Hyde and Watson Foundation
$20,000 -$49,999
Jockey Hollow Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abelson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marrus
Achelis and Bodman Foundations
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Anonymous
Mr. Matthew Lipman and Ms. Adriana Brunetto-Lipman
The Catherine and Joseph Aresty Foundation
The Cat MacRae Fund
Mutual of America
Tony and Regan Asnes
The Garrett And Mary Moran Family Foundation Ms. Lucia N. Musso Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nadosy Catherine and John Nathan Mr. Rohan Oza
Ms. Durga Mallampalli
Mr. Matthew A. Baxter
Mr. Bardia Mesbah
Mr. and Mrs. Will Cook
Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidlin
John P. and Constance A. Curran Charitable Foundation
Mr. Ryan Seacrest Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Selman
Dana Foundation
Paul Simon
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Smith
The Andrew K. Dwyer Foundation
Turner Construction Company
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Moran Catherine and John Nathan Mr. David B. Peterson Rafael Viñoly Architects PC The Reeves Foundation Tom and Sera Reycraft Richard Salomon Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaps Robert and Laura Sillerman Mr. Timothy Speiss Hillary and Brett Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Toporek Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wolfe
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Evans Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Greenberg Traurig
H A R L E M AC A D E M Y
Andree Wildenstein & Roger Dormeuil Foundation Mr. David Windreich and Ms. Christine Hikawa
Harry Winston Hope Foundation Dr. Shirley A. Jackson and Dr. Morris Washington Mark and Sarah Johnston Mr. and Mrs. David Lasry Legere Family Foundation Mike and Aly Levine Lincoln Fund
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T-Mobile USA Foundation
$5,000 -$9,999 The Actuarial Foundation Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Aresty BJ's Charitable Gift Fund The Brick Presbyterian Church
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Mr. David Klafter and Ms. Nancy Kestenbaum
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eberhart
Pam and Jim Nadler Ms. Susana Namnum
Columbia University Community Service
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Larson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Edwards EisnerAmper
Mr. and Mrs. James Nelson
Cushman and Wakefield
Mr. Peter Martin
Mrs. John W. Espy
Mr. and Mrs. William Norberg
Ms. Robin Donath and Mr. Patrick McNeive
Lizzie McCowen
Mr. Peter Fallon
Anne and Jacques Nordeman
Mr. Chip Farrar
Stanton Orser and Therese Joseph
Vinny and Traci Dotoli
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Newberg
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ferrer
Mr. Brian Owen
Ms. Mikelle Fisher
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer
Michael and Elena Patterson
Ms. Wendy Flanagan and Mr. Christopher O'Malley
Mr. Scott Payseur
Mr. and Mrs. William Plotch
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Fox
Mr. Rodney Pope and Mrs. Robin D. Stone
Mr. Thomas Fusco
Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Perez
Mr. and Mrs. Asad Rahman
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Geist
Mr. Elliott Rebhun
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gemus
Mr. Steven S. Pretsfelder and Mrs. Barbara Gochberg
Ms. Ruth Rhei-Rencricca
Pippa and Robert Gerard
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Renfrew
Mr. Larry Ritzhaupt and Ms. Leigh Bonney
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gillespie
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rooney
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rosenbaum
Mr. Michael Glennon & Ms. Lucy Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rothfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scanfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Golden
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Russo
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Schipani
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Goodkin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ryan
Select Equity Group Foundation
Alyssa and Cliff Greenberg
Ms. Karen Snow
Ms. Clare B. Hawthorne
Theodore D. Sands & Caroline C. Herrick
Ms. Terri Sohrab and Mr. Fariborz Damanpour
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays
Mark Tashjian and Erin Kaufman
Mr. Hermann Hesse
Mr. John Brus The Carmel Hill Fund
Vincent J. and Louisa S. Dotoli Ms. Brenda Earl Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ganzenmuller Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Haim Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison Mr. Chris Hart-Zafra Ms. Jill Hemphill Ms. Marlene Hess and Mr. Jim Zirin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hyman Mr. Reaz Islam Mr. Daniel Kabat and Ms. Catherine O'Dwyer Klein Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. Peter Klosowicz Mr. John Massoni III Brian and Monica McGrath Mebane Charitable Foundation, Inc. Momtazee Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Newman H. Stanton Orser and Janet Frankel Orser Mr. and Mrs. James Peterson Linda and Michael Purvis Mr. and Mrs. John Pyne Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Janice and Chris Williams $2,500 -$4,999 Anonymous Mrs. Norma K. Asnes Mr. and Mrs. David Bell Mrs. Jane Bierwirth Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Blackford Ms. Deborah Brennan John R. and Dorothy D. Caples Fund Mr. Christopher R. Clarke and Ms. Gabrielle Pretto Peter M. Collery and Alison Adams Mr. and Mrs. Ron Delsener DPC Data Inc. Mr. Dean W. Ervin Mr. and Mrs. Shelly Finkel Mr. Stephen Gray Lucia and David Greenhouse Ms. Valarie A. Hing and Mr. Ari Raisa John Jendras and Judith Paice Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Jones Ms. Bucky Keady
Dr. Joyce H. Lowinson
Mr. Frank McGee Mr. and Mrs. David Offensend
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tytel $1,000 -$2 ,499
Mr. Eric Heller The Rev. C. Hugh Hildesley Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Hobbs Natasha and Ori Hofmekler
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Peek Ms. Margot Pitts
Mr. and Mrs. David Schwartz Ms. Lesley Sigall Mr. Michael T. Sillerman Mr. Max Sortino and Mrs. Essie Weingarten Spark Investment Management LLC The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Alexander, Jr.
Alexandra and Philip Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jennison
Mr. Nihat Altintas
Mr. Steve Johnson
Anonymous (4)
Mr. Wylie Johnston
Mr. John S. Squires and Mrs. Katharine S. Squires
Mr. Ernest Au
Mr. and Mrs. David Juracich
Mr. William Strack
Mr. Yogesh Bahl
Mr. Adam Keil
Mrs. Jerome Tarnoff
Ms. Melissa Bank and Mr. Todd Dimston
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kirsten
Amy K. Taylor & Nelson Rockefeller, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Barefield
Charles and Jane Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barry
Mr. Thomas E. Klein
Mr. Conrado Tenaglia and Ms. Juana I. Libedinsky
Mr. John Belizaire and Ms. Nilda Taveras
Mr. Michael Kooper
Mr. Wayne Benjamin
Sally and Wynn Kramarsky
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bicks
The Kurr Foundation
Ms. Sofia Blanchard
Dr. William Lee and Dr. Hwa-in Lee
Mr. and Mrs. George Bunn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard LeFrak
Mr. Christopher Burton
Ken and Lois Lippmann
Mr. Chris Bush
Mr. Kenneth Lohsen
Faith Childs and Harris Schrank
Mr. and Mrs. Dan London
Ms. Pam Clarke
Ms. Maureen Longeway
Mrs. Dupre C. Cochran
Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Magyar
Ms. Patricia Cook
Ms. Kari McCabe & Mr. Nate McBride
Michael Maybaum, Executive Vice President, Cosentini Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McCooey Jr.
Mr. Kwaw De Graft Johnson Barry and Barbara Dean Mr. Chris DeAngelis Ms. Susan DeVore Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dichter Mr. Jonathan Sobel & Mrs. Marcia Dunn
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Marc Miller Mr. Craig Mineard Hector H. Mislavsky & Judy Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morrow A.J. and Roswitha Mueller
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Spreitzer
Mr. Christopher Todd Mr. and Mrs. John Usdan Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Warner Jr. Mr. Alan Washington Mr. and Mrs. Ryan H. Whelpley Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wildenstein Mr. Steven Winnert Ms. Catherine Woodard Mr. and Mrs. Ward Woods Wren Foundation, Inc. Dr. Patricia Yarberry-Allen Mr. Frank Zitz Mr. Jeffrey Zudeck & Mrs. Chari Tager $500 -$999 Anonymous (3) Mr. Brian Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Barkhorn
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Ms. Sarah Bond
Mrs. Tami Schneider
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Huban
Mr. Brian Avery
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bryan
Mary E. Schwinn
Ms. Karen Huebner
Ms. Katherine Aviles
Mr. Dale Burch
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Segal
Mr. Ben Ijalana
Ms. Irine Avlakhashvili
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Carroll
Mr. Hunter Serenbetz
Mr. Matt Jackson
Mr. Faisal Awwal
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Cook
Stefanie and David Shaw
Mr. J. Edward Jaeckle III
Mr. Alvin Azurin
Mr. John Corrigan
Mr. Daryl Shore
Tara and Christian Johnson
Ms. Elizabeth Bachman
Ms. Anne d'Avenas & Mr. Jerry Brody
Mr. Max Sinsheimer
Mr. M. Haynes Johnston
Mr. Jake Baer
Dr. and Mrs. Jay Damask
Mr. Ralph Sinsheimer & Ms. Amy Peck
Mrs. John R. Johnston
Ms. Upasna Bahl
Ms. Kristen Fisher
Mr. Andrew Slater
Ms. Susan Johnston
Mr. Santhosh Bandreddi
Mr. Michael Friedson
Ms. Sherri Stephenson
Mr. Samuel J. Kass
Mr. Brian Banschick
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Thornton
Ms. Beatrice Kernan
Mr. Robert Barysh
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Gillin
Ms. Edith Van Slyck and Mr. James Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. David Kleinhandler
Ms. Donna F. Bazley
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Waterman
Mr. David Kravitz
Ms. Aida Beauchamp
Ms. Sarah Labowsky
Ms. Mildred Bee
Mr. Jeremy Levine
Mr. Carmelo Bellia
Liz Neumark
Mr. Juan Belliard
Ms. Betsy Olsen
Ms. Lindsay Bellicchi
The Peddie School
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Benedict
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Pennoyer
Mr. Maurice Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Golann Mr. and Mrs. James Grant Dr. Alan R. Gwertzman and Ms. Valerie J. Artzt
Mr. Carlos Whitaker
Hampton Foundation
Ms. Lisa Woodward
Ms. Linden Wise
Mr. David Hermer Ms. Namphuong Hoang
$250 -$499
Mr. Timothy Horan
Mr. Lakshya Aeri
Mr. Robert Howard & Mrs. Robyn Stern
Ms. Karen Regan
Ms. Christina Bennison
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Joy Hurd
Mr. and Mrs. Josh Rosen
Mr. Blake Berman
Mr. Alexandre Barcinski
Mr. Nathaniel C. Hutner
Ms. Holly Sawyer
Mr. Marc Bernstein
Ms. Margaret Bearn
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Imhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Scarola
Mr. Robert Bernstone
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Benton
Mr. Ross Jacobs
Ms. Laura K. Schembri
Mr. Michael Bienkowski
Henry and Margy Blackford
Mr. Benjamin Jendras
Ms. Kate Schmidlin
Mr. Nicholas Bird
Ms. Kim Blanchard
Mr. Douglas Karrel
Mr. Clay Serenbetz
Ms. Debra Bissoon
Mr. Kofi Boakye
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Katzenstein
Mrs. Kevin Shanley
Will Bladt and Kate Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brenizer
Melissa and Andrew Komaroff
Shapiro Pertnoy Companies
Ms. Eloide Blanc
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Broadwater
Ms. Kathryn Lu
Mr. Andrew Short
Mr. Anthony Blasi
Ms. Karen Brody
Madden & Warwick
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sinsheimer
Mr. Oscar Bleetstein
Mr. Harold I. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Malone
Mr. Mat Schneider & Ms. Karen Skolnik
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boahene
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Burrows
Mrs. Kathy Mayer
Ms. Melissa Skolnik
Mr. Justin Bojarski
Ms. Daphne Car
Nora and Marc Mazur
Ms. Kate Smith
Mr. Anthony Bonadio
Mr. Darley Charles
Mr. Andrew Merinoff
Ms. Jaime Sneider
Ms. Holly Bounds
Mr. Livy Coe
Mr. Peter de F. Millard
Mr. Genen Soo-Hoo
Mr. Charles Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. W. Graham Cole
Mr. John Miller
Mr. Craig Stine
Ms. Kelly Breen
Mr. Darien Davis
Joan Millspaugh
Teachers College, Columbia University
Mr. Dean Brier
Mr. and Mrs. David Diefenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Murstein
Mr. Gordon Toggweiler
Dr. Octavia Brown
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Drake
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nasser
Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Victor
Mr. Robert Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eil
Ms. Eliza Nordeman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. West
Polly Bruckmann
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flint
Ms. Anne B. O'Malley
Ms. Kate R. Whitney
Ms. Mary Katherine Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Pasqual
Ms. Nancy Folger & Mr. Sidney Werkman
Ms. Mary Perry
Up to $250
Ms. Lakisha Burke
Ms. Ingrid Gardner
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Petito
Mr. Jose Caiado
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Goldberger
Ms. Liza Abrams
Mr. Matthew Pearson & Ms. Molly Poag
Mr. Chris Calhoun
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Grafstein
Mr. Erman Agirnasli
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Reid
Ms. Sandra Campbell
Ms. Jillian Griffiths
Mr. Mark Altherr
Ms. Meta Reycraft
Mr. Andrew Canovali
Mr. Dan Hanegby
Mr. Nitesh Ambastha
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Roberts
Mr. Bennett Capers & Mr. Seth Forman
Mr. Mark Hannon
Mr. Greogry Ammermann
Mr. Kristofer A. Rodgers
Ms. Maria Carrera
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrison
Anne and Stephen Andrade
Ms. Linda Rothschild
Mr. Bruce W. Carroll & Ms. Merri L. Shaw
Ms. Grace Harvey
Ms. Jennifer Andrews
Rubin-Henry Family Foundation
Ms. Chelsie Caruso
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert D. Hauser
Anonymous (15)
Ms. Bonnie Sacerdote
Mr. Chris Cataldo
Mr. Kurt Hines
Mr. Matthew Ansel
Mr. Andrew Salzberg
Mr. Joseph Cattano
Ms. Stephanie Hoogenbergen
Mr. Artis Arnold III Ms. Blythe Austin
Ms. Carolina Centeno
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Mr. Grant Burgess
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Ms. Kellye Chambers
Mr. Etim Edim
Mr. Matt Gregory
Mr. Mohamed Kaba
Mr. Charles Chantepie
Kathleen and James Egan
Mr. and Mrs. George Hackl
Mr. David Kagno
Mr. Sid Chary
Ms. Lynne Eisenberg
Mr. Thomas Haley
Mr. Guy Kamguia
Mr. Alan Chen
Mr. Gary Eng
Hand Family
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kane
Mr. Robert Chen
Mr. and Mrs. Ben English
Mr. Sajidie Hannah
Adi Kaner
Mr. Anthony Chin
Larry and Laurie Enos
Ms. Carolyn Harbaugh
Mr. Shyam Kapadia
Ms. May Chin
Mr. Jack Ervasti
Mr. and Mrs. Luc Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. Dean M. Karrel
Ms. Christine Chung
Gary and Mercedes Eustache
Ms. Deirdre Harrington
Ms. Meg Kehan
Ms. Dana Cistelecan
Ilya Fayer
Mr. Jay Harris and Ms. Marcia Cohen
Mr. Ross Kelley
Ms. Amanda Citron
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fazio
Ms. Carrie Hart
Ms. Catherine Kells
Ms. Virginia A. Cizek
Ms. Nicole Federico
Ms. Judith Harvin
Mr. Adrian Kemp
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Clark
Mr. Anthony Feenick
Michael and Barabara Hauser
Mr. John Kennedy
Mr. Dan Clay
Mr. Chris Fera
Ms. Marie Hawkins
Mr. and Mrs. William Kerr
Mr. Chip Clingham
Mr. Richard Fernandez
Mr. Robert Healey
Kerrest Family
Mr. Jonathan Cohn
The Rev. John Finley & Mr. Stan McGee
Mr. Sean Healy
Mr. Sumit Khatod
Ms. Aurélie Cole
Graham and Kay Finney
Mrs. Marcia Hedborn
Ms. Mareill Kiernan
James Cole
Ms. Sharon Finston
Mr. Brian Hegarty
Mr. David King
Ms. Claire Collery
Mr. Jonathan Fischer
Ms. Alexandra Henderson
Mr. Arch W. Horst & Ms. Kate P. Kirby
Mr. Garry Collins
Mark and Bernice Fischman
Mr. Harold Henderson
Ms. Nicole Kirby
Ms. Sienna Combs
Ms. Mary Beth Fiske
Ms. Sarah Herr
Mr. Thomas Klaber
Mr. Aaron Cook
Ms. Amy Flyntz
Mr. Howard Hertz
Ms. Dana Klein
Ms. Lindsey Cooper
Mr. Dennis Forsman
Mr. Charles and Dr. Elizabeth Hibbett
Mr. Kevin Koenig
Ms. Jennifer Cordero
Ms. Claire Forte
Mr. Matthew Higbee
Mr. Thomas J. Koffer
Ms. Emily Corzel
Mr. Tyrone Fowler
Ms. Kimberly P. Hill
Mr. John Kolz
Mr. Peter Costantino, M.D.
Ms. Asia Fraser
Mr. Haresh Hingorani
Mr. Mark Koontz
Mr. Justin Costello
Mr. Briggs Fraser
Ms. Christin Hinkle
Mr. Oleg Koriachkin
Mr. Ernest R. Cotter
Mr. Timothy Frazier
Ms. Nkenge Ho-Shing
Mr. Peter Korzun
Mr. Michael Criscito
Mr. Jon Freda
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman
Ms. Rebecca Kotkin
Ms. Laura Cruz
Ms. Camille Frederic
Ms. Molly Hogan
Alan and Marilyn Kravitz
Ms. Natasha Dadlani
Ms. Amy Friedman
Ms. Lisa Holmes
Ms. Laura Krcmaric
Polly and Robert Daly
Ms. Lauren Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hoopes Jr.
Ms. Maryanne Krizek
Mr. Aunrie Dash
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ganson
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howard
Mr. Marcelo Krizman
Mr. and Mrs. William Daughtrey
Mr. Andrew Garcia
Mr. William Hughes
Mr. Nicholas D. La Rocca
Mr. Zachary Davis
Ms. Melissa Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hunt
Mr. Mark J. Lalloo & Mrs. Mary Lalloo
Mr. Brandon Daye
Mr. Carlos Garza
Ms. Liz Huttner
Mr. Eric Lane
Mr. Gilbert De David
Mr. Mark Gaston
Ms. Christine Hwang
Ms. Sophia Lardiere
Mr. Ronald De Gier
Ms. Desiree N. Gayle
Ms. Alexandra Idol
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